Rope-fastener.



'No. 739392. PATENTED SEPT. 22, R. W. 00X.

- ROPE" I'ASTENER.

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UNITED STATES,

Fatented September 2&2, 1903.

RANDOLPH W. COX, CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ROPE-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,392, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed July 25. 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH W. COX,'a

lo fasteners which are adapted to clutch and hold a rope or the like.

The object of my invention .is to improve and simplifythe device and render its use more convenient and easy, as well as its holding qualities more certain and secure.

My invention consists in forming upon a stationary base of any desired shape, but preferably flat, an integral extension having an upright standard carrying between said standard and base a pivotally-mounted depending pawl and provided with a space between said base and pawl, said extension also having a laterally-extending hook withinwhich to draw the rope for the purpose of relieving strain upon the pawl andgiving any desired direction to the rope.

My invention also consists in the parts and combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully shown and as more particu- 3o larly pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front view showing the bracket or base secured to a post-or other object and the pawl depending in the 3 5 position it would naturally assume by gravity.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 shows the position when the rope has been drawn beneath the pawl from left to right ready to be gripped thereunder. Fig. 4 is a front view showing the rope after being gripped by the pawl and wrapped within the hook. Fig. 5 is a top view showing the position of the pawl as the rope is being drawn to the right for the purpose of throwing the pawl up to allow the rope to take beneath it in the position shown in Fig. 3, the dotted lines showing the position'of the rope when ready to be gripped. Fig: 6 is a perspective view of the pawl, showing its notched or serrated edges, which are adapted to engage the rope to throwthe pawl upwardly and the rope beneath the same. In the construction of my device I prefer- Serial No. 116,949. (No model.)

ably form the base 1, as shown, with flat front and rear surfaces and secure same to post or other object 2 by means of screws 3 or the like. Near the bottom of the base is formed a lateral extension 4 and extending upwardly therefrom a standard '5, having a pin 6, upon which is pivotally mounted a pawl 7, depending therefrom. Said pawl is provided on its under side with corrugations 8 and has a serrated flange 9 extending inwardly toward the base, the serrations being formed upon the top and edge of the flange, so that as the rope 10 is dropped in the space 11' between the standard and basean'd drawn toward the right the rope will engage the serrated flange and swing the pawl to the position shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the rope will by drawing it outwardly come beneath the pawl and be gripped and held thereby, as shown in Fig. 4. The extension 4 is also provided with a hook 12,- into which the rope is preferably drawn after being gripped beneath the pawl, so as to relieve the strain at that point andenable the rope to be taken in any other desired direction without disturbing the gripping relation of the pawl and extension, as shown in-Fig. 4..

It will be noted that the pawl is mounted uponthe standard a sufficient distance away from the base to form a space in which the rope may be conveniently dropped and that the rope at once comes into contact with the serrated top edges of the flange, and as the rope is being drawn to the right and toward the user it causes the pawl to swing in the same direction until the rope naturally comes beneath the pawl,as indicated in Fig.5. It will be noted that by means of this construction the base may be permanently-mounted upon the side of a house, post, or other object, and the rope securely held and fastened without the use of separate devices or tying the end of the rope, which may be quickly and easily released.

It is also of great advantage in taking up they slack of the rope after the rope has been sagged by weight by simplydrawing the rope to the right. The advantage of this construction is in having the base mounted permanently upon the side of a house or other ob-' ject, so that as the rope is drawn through the space beneath the pawl it is naturally drawn toward the user, thus bringing it to the desired position beneath the pawl, whereas ICO if the space were between the pawl and the standard it would require the user to push the rope away from him in an unnatural way. Besides, it would be impracticable to do this, because the object upon which the base is mounted would be an obstruction to the hand when attempting to push the rope to the proper position. To use the grips for stretching lines or ropes and holding them, arrange any number of gripping devices at various positions. Then loop one end of the rope over the hook of one fastener, carrying the rope to the next grip and drawing the rope beneath the pawl from left to right, as shown in Fig. 3, when the pawl will drop by gravity and engage the rope,- as shown in Fig. 4. Then wrap the rope around the hook, as shown in Fig. 4, and take it to the next fastener, and so on. It is not necessary to fasten the line around the hook; but it may be stretched from one fastener to the other and held simply by the pawl, in which case the slack of the entire line may be taken up at one time, and also the line may be continued from hook to hook, thus doubling the capacity of the respective fasteners.

It will be apparent that my inventionis capable of considerable modification without material departure from the scope thereof, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement as herein set forth.

I claim- 1. In rope-fasteners, a flat base adapted to be secured to a post orthe like, a lateral extension formed upon the front face thereof, a standard projecting upwardly from said 6X- tension, a pawl pivoted at the upper end of said standard between said standard and the base, so as to allow a space between said pawl and base, and a hook extending outwardly from said extension.

2. In rope-fasteners, a fiat base adapted to be secured to a post or other object, a lateral extension formed upon the front face thereof, a standard projecting upwardly from said extension, a pawl pivoted at the upper end of said standard between said standard and the base, so as to allow a space between said pawl and base, said pawl having its bottom and lower side edge'transversely serrated.

RANDOLPH \V. COX.

Witnesses:

JAMES N. RAMSEY, M. P. DUNKMAN. 

